companionless
- a word derived from companion.
Example Sentences
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When Mr. Gunn tweeted that companionless is “one of my favorite ways to see a film,” he sparked an online discussion about the pros and cons of going it alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2018
He was companionless until Indianapolis, where he abandoned his car and got into a friend’s.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2017
Sitting companionless at a table patently designed for four, I composed the portrait of my meal with some care, both to entice my viewers and to deride my circumstances.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2015
Where I was, in fact, was companionless, far away from where I had gotten off the trail, and impossibly adrift from a touchingly optimistic hiking schedule I had drawn up nearly a year before.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
I was not in any way prepared for such an announcement; nor have I courage to look at its consequences; poor, old, companionless as I should be—" "Nay, such cruelty was not in my thoughts.
From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
